Bent County register., 1887-08-13

driven out of the country they would
then escape this torment, for people
would not look for what they knew
was not to be found. Probably,
however, the red-headed maidens will
have to submit, for the expense of
killing all the white horses in the
United States would be too great.
1t would be worse than trying to ex-
terminate pleuro pneumonia.
The Democrats are very enthusias-
tic over the present outlook for sue
cess at the coming election.
Villas democrat" yes, like the
boy going through the graveyard,
the democrats are whIstling.
| L. A. Salee, the boss potato raiser,
passed through for Walsenburg Tues
day with wagon load of the finest
potatoes we have seen in a coon's age.
La Veta ssTimes."
Miss Annie and Nellie Anderson
killed five rattlesnakes this week.
One of the snakes measured five feet
eleven inches and had sixteen rattles,
and another measured four feet one
inch and had thirteen rattles. The
Others were of u common size. The
girls showed great nerve i'll tackling
such large snakes, and anyone who
does not believe this can 20 and see
the rattles as one of the girls held
the snakes down while the other
pulled off the attles.-Hugo "Stay-
er."
A brother of John P. Glow, the
prize fighter, is lying seriously low,
if he is not dead by this time, at his
ranch in Douglas county. On Friday
morning Mr.. Glow went to a. spring
on his ranch to harness a team of
horses prepatory to going to Eibert,
and was found lying on the ground
with deep cash in his forehead,
which had been caused by the kick
of n horse. He was taken to his
cabin and messenger sent to Ebert
after physician. Latest accounts
showed Mr.. Glow to be still alive,
but sinking. He is the elder brother
of the Colorado pugilist and enjoyed
good reputation in Douglas county.
Denver "RepublicaD.''
l
The Hon. James H. Platt, presi-
dent of the flatt-Wasliburne Refin-
ing Company, New York, and mana
ger of the oil works at Florence,
Colorado, is reported to have said:
''The oil situation in Colorado is this:
There are now twenty wells being
worked, producing 700 barrels per
day. Tins is sufficient to supply the
demand of this section of the west.
\ figure lower can be met by eastern
companies. This will shut out of
the Colorado market all eastern oil,
including that of the Standard Oil
Company, and the question now with
Colorado producers is to handle their
product to the best advantage. In
speaking of the quality of Colorado
oil he said: ''Colorado oil is the
sweetest aud best ever discovered in
the world The Pennsylvania oil is
sweeter than the foreign. y" Journal
of Commerce"
WAsu1NGroN, Aug. The ST.
tislics of the Department
of Agriculture has made the follow
ing estimate of the average condition
of the crops in Colorado for July:
Corn, average compared with last
year, l05; average condition, 81;
wheat, average condition, Sc; rye,
average condition, 95; oats, average
condition, 93; barley, average condi-
ton, "a; potatoes, compared with
last year, 102, average canditiou, 90;
beans, acreage compared with last
year, 1903; average condition, 1ol;
sorghum, acreage compared with
last year, 81; average condition,
95; wool, amount of wool sheared
compared with last year, 100; average
condition of clover, "a; timothy, 90,
pasture, So, apples, So; grapes, So.
Wyoming-Oats, average condition,
OIL; wheat, 92; potatoes, 9s; wool
amount shearel rs compai ed with